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Budget Committee

Meeting No. 50   Contact Merle MacDonald, Committee Administrator
Meeting Date Tuesday, August 25, 2009
   Phone 416-392-7340
Start Time 9:30 AM
   E-mail buc@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 1, City Hall
  Chair   Councillor Shelley Carroll  

The Decision Document is for preliminary reference purposes only. Please refer to the Committee’s Minutes for the official record.

 

How to Read the Decision Document:

  • Recommendations of the Committee to Executive Committee appear after the item heading.
  • Other action taken by the Committee on its own authority, which does not require Council’s approval, is listed in the decision document under the heading “Decision Advice and Other Information”.
  • Declarations of Interest, if any, appear at the end of an item.

(Referred by Executive Committee to Budget Committee)
BU50.1 

ACTION

Adopted 

 

Ward: All 
Operating Variance Report for the Four-month Period Ended April 30, 2009
Committee Recommendations

The Budget Committee recommended to the Executive Committee that:

 

1.         City Council approve the 2009 Operating Budget Adjustments related to service and program re-alignments for Solid Waste Management Services, Technical Services, and Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division as detailed in Appendix D of the report (May 27, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer.
Origin
(June 8, 2009) Letter from Executive Committee
Summary

The Executive Committee on June 2, 2009 referred a report (May 27, 2009) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer regarding the Operating Variance Report for the Four-month Period ended April 30, 2009, to the Budget Committee for consideration.

 
Background Information
Operating Variance Report for the Four-month Period Ended April 30, 2009
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-22771.pdf)
Attachment 1
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-22772.pdf)

BU50.2 

ACTION

Adopted 

 

Ward: All 
Project Authority Increase – Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station Improvements – Contract D1-5
Committee Recommendations

The Budget Committee recommended to the Executive Committee that:

 

1.         City Council approve additional budget and project cost in the amount of $345,000 for the City Project CTT010, Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station, bringing the total to $1,200,000 to be accommodated by corresponding reduction in the City Project CTT110, Station Improvements Program.
Origin
(July 14, 2009) Letter from General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission
Summary

At its meeting on Thursday, July 9, 2009, the Commission considered a report entitled, “Project Authority Increase – Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station Improvements – Contract D1-5”.

 
Background Information
Project Authority Increase Cumberland Entrance to Bay Station Improvements Contract D1-5
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-22776.pdf)
Attachment 1
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-22777.pdf)

BU50.3 

ACTION

Without Recs 

 

Ward: All 
Transit City Funding Request
Committee Recommendations

The Budget Committee forwarded the report to the Executive Committee without recommendation.
Decision Advice and Other Information

The following motion by Councillor Mihevc lost on a tie vote:

 

"That the Budget Committee recommend to the Executive Committee that City Council approve the following:

 

1.         That the 2009-2013 Approved Capital Budget and Plan be increased by $134.5 million gross, to continue work on the priority Transit City lines, with $125.8 million gross to be funded by the Province through Metrolinx and the balance of $8.7 million for environmental assessments for other Transit City lines to be funded through offsets within the TTC’s2009 Approved Capital Budget.

 

2.         That the TTC report to the September 8, 2009 Executive Committee meeting on $8.7 million in offsets in 2009 for the environmental assessments."
Origin
(July 14, 2009) Letter from General Secretary, Toronto Transit Commission
Summary

At its meeting on Thursday, July 9, 2009, the Commission considered a report entitled, “Transit City Funding Request”.
Background Information
Transit City Funding Request
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-22774.pdf)
Attachment 1
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-22775.pdf)

Meeting Sessions
Session Date Session Type Start Time End Time Public or Closed Session
2009-08-25 Morning 9:40 AM 10:25 AM Public
Attendance
Date and Time Quorum Members
2009-08-25
9:40 AM - 10:25 AM
(Public Session) 		Present Present: Ainslie, Augimeri, Heaps, Mihevc
Not Present: Carroll, Perks, Rae